ISIS ISIS ISIS

Supposedly they are fighters from Syria. Some of them probably are but I think alot of Iraqi men living in the country joined them once they came
rolling through. It's basically like the militia taking the country back.

As far as terrorist groups fighting in Syria it was the ISIS and Al Nusra who were constantly in the news. Al Nusra took up allegiance with Al Qaeda
and I think ISIS denounced Al Qaeda. Either way, they're terrorist scum who target and kill innocent people. Of course, to them, these innocent people
are infidels.

Stupid religion. I'm sure their prophet is so proud that blood is being spewed, heads cut off, and women/children raped in his name. The only God I
know who would approve of such things is Satan.

It was affiliates that did the same thing in Mali, (AQIM) and they are Al Qaeda, same thing happened a big push, although only a tiny army to oppose
there and took over much of the country, until the French stepped in.
So it's happening again, and Iran is in the picture, same as they have helped before in 2001 with the US against AQ in Afghanistan.
Question is, is it all bullcrap, like Pope Francis says...well more or less,

Even today around the newspaper stand, people are looking sceptically at the 'Daily Mail' and the pictures, and saying what is going on.... or
something similar?
What they are not saying is, Ahh! this just Al Qaeda being Al Qqaeda.

Seems there is always some "new" faction or group with a new title coming to the fore every day anymore.

Sure, there is always some big, bad arse faction to wonder about or fear...some new faction being backed by, (fill in name of country of your choice
here)...funny how these obscure groups end up with the best of new "toys", weapons and equipment and vehicles and such. I wonder how many times our
own country has supplied such factions with what they want/need to only end up having it all lobbed at our own troops in some war somewhere, based on
lies.

Why don't all those new factions just call themselves the "hunger games" already as they all seem to have a "hunger" for war and disruption and
corruption...greed is the order of the day. Killing of innocents is not a problem for them and indeed, many times it is kids, women, elderly that
suffer the most. Yep, they hunger for power and minerals and money and the joy of killing. I wonder what "new" faction will pop up next week, all
set with a catchey title and stocked to the teeth with every neat weapon in the book? Stay tuned...we'll see.

Sorry if my post appeared off topic. My point was that the name ISIS has already been claimed, she was a major ancient egyptian goddess, whoever is
making up the names for these intelligence agency black ops proxy groups probably should do a google search first?

edit on 16-6-2014 by
HUMBLEONE because: Livin in the NOW an keeping in real by BEING.

Actually when i first heard ISIS on the TV show Archer i assumed a made up alphabet agency for TV. Now i find out they exist, but i have no idea if
its a super secret spy agency in real life or not.

Right on. Who ever is making up the names for these intelligence agencies' proxy black ops groups isn't being very inventive in my very humble
opinion. Whats next, T.H.R.U.S.H.? Or maybe things are getting more transparent to us? I am getting SO sick of this JIVE! How bout you my sisters
& brothers? Peace & cooperation, love & compassion....WE ARE ONE!

What bugs me is the name itself... it doesn't sound very Middle Eastern to me; there isn't enough spit in it, if you know what I mean. It sounds
like a very Western name. Is it a translation or an acronym for some longer name?

"Iraq's Sick Idiot Society" maybe?

They are a disgusting group of animals... I watched an hour long video, Salil Salamin 4 on LiveLeak, that someone else had linked in another thread.
They basically just murder people at random for the sake of nothing really. At a guess I would say that they brutally murdered about 200 people during
the 1 hour video (if you have ever been offended by anything in your life DO NOT WATCH IT).

Its not really an acronym, its in worship of ISIS the Egyptian god that America worships so loyaly. This is nothing more than another American
creation like Al-queda and 'Academi' formerly known as ....'Xe' ....formally known as' Blackwater' (Prince tried this crap and got lost...this is what
they want however). This is just an Iraqi version of the same...anything to instill terror and to keep the propaganda rolling forward and the media
active. This is such crap really. Too bad people everywhere have to die because of an agenda to take over the world by some egomaniacs.

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is a jihadist group active in Iraq and Syria.

ISIS was formed in April 2013 and grew out of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). It has since been disavowed by al-Qaeda, but become one of the main jihadist
groups fighting government forces in Syria and is making military gains in Iraq.

The final "S" in the acronym ISIS stems from the Arabic word "al-Sham". This can mean the Levant, Syria or even Damascus but in the context of the
global jihad it refers to the Levant.

Initially, the group relied on donations from wealthy individuals in Gulf Arab states, particularly Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, who supported its fight
against President Bashar al-Assad.

Today, ISIS is said to earn a significant amounts from the oil fields it controls in eastern Syria, reportedly selling some of the supply back to the
Syrian government. It is also believed to have been selling looted antiquities from historical sites.

Prof Neumann believes that before the capture of Mosul in June 2014, ISIS had cash and assets worth about $900m (£500m). Afterwards, this rose to
around $2bn (£1.18bn).

The group reportedly took hundreds of millions of dollars from Mosul's branch of Iraq's central bank. And its financial windfall looked set to
continue if it maintains control of oil fields in northern Iraq.

An impending decision by US President Barack Obama could prove to be a turning point in the way the West approaches the dual conflicts in Iraq and
Syria.

As a US Navy aircraft carrier group with dozens of strike aircraft steams northwards up the Gulf and President Obama reviews the military options
presented to him by his National Security Council, the US faces a difficult dilemma that could profoundly affect Western nations.

If Washington does not intervene militarily to support the Iraqi government by helping it stem the advance of Isis (the Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant) - the extreme jihadist group now controlling large parts of Iraq and Syria - the US will be accused by some of "weakness in the face of
terrorism", "giving up on the Middle East" and of abandoning an ally in whom it has already invested billions of dollars of taxpayers' money in aid,
and where more than 4,000 US servicemen and women have lost their lives.

But if the US does decide to intervene militarily, most likely with air strikes or missile strikes against clearly identified Isis positions, then it
will change the whole dynamic of this Middle East conflict.

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